Research Fellow

Fair Fight Action is a national voter rights organization rooted in Georgia. We are the nation’s only organization focused on promoting free and fair elections through litigation, legislation, and advocacy, bringing high-impact campaign strategies to this urgent work. To do this, we seek talented Fellows to help Fair Fight Action meet its ambitious goals.

To deliver on our mission, Fair Fight Action hires and supports a diverse team of the best and brightest, most mission-driven people available. We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and walks of life and work hard to create an environment where everyone on our team feels included, involved in key decisions that affect them and supported in bringing their full selves to work. Learn more about us at www.fairfightaction.com. 

What Is The Fair Fight Fellows (FFF) Program?

Fair Fight Fellows is a paid-internship program for people interested in learning and participating in the effort to ensure free and fair elections for all. The Fellow’s time commitment will be 10 to 20 hours per week and hours are flexible to accommodate personal schedules; academic or otherwise. All fellows will receive a stipend of $1,600 per month. 

Fellowships are three months in length and begin right away. If you are in an academic program and are chosen as a Fellow, Fair Fight Action will work with you to fulfill any academic requirements your school might have in order for you to receive credit for your internship.

We are looking for fellows in the following Areas:

• Research

What You’ll Learn

At the conclusion of the Fellows program, participants will be able to:

• Identify efforts to discourage and disenfranchise voters in voter registration, ballot access, or counting of votes and the catastrophic effect it has on our democracy and our communities.
• Construct viable solutions to combat voter suppression through one or more of the areas of focus in the Fellows program: communications, data & technology, fundraising, organizing, political, and voter protection.
• Examine advocacy efforts for progressive values in Georgia such as criminal justice reform, reproductive justice and more.
• Apply lessons learned in the Fellows program to combat voter suppression and support voting rights in their communities at home and abroad.

What You’ll Do

Fair Fight Action welcomes a wide range of applicants with diverse skill sets, particularly in the following department:

Research: Fair Fight Action is seeking motivated, detail-oriented fellows to assist the Research Department in efforts to combat voter suppression at all levels through media and meeting monitoring and by creating factual, action-oriented documents. Research Fellows report to the Deputy Research Director and work closely with the entire research team.

• Support the Research team in efforts to combat voter suppression at the local, state, and national levels.
• Draft memos and other research documents on issues related to voting and elections.
• Monitor and report on meetings held by the state legislature and the Georgia State Election Board.
• Use research tools to track and analyze voting-related legislation and actions in Georgia and across the country.
• Assist with various short- and long-term research projects as needed.

Who You Are

We are seeking detail-oriented do-ers with a large capacity to learn new things quickly and a problem-solving spirit of yes. 

Additionally, Fair Fight Fellows identify as:

• Self-motivated and flexible. FFFs are easily adaptable to changes and work diligently to complete assignments.
• Responsive and proactive communicator. FFFs ask questions when needed and complete assignments with little to no errors. Seek to improve processes and find efficiencies.
• Reliable, trustworthy team player. FFFs are positive and keep their work and related materials confidential.
• Detail oriented. FFFs can complete detailed tasks and have attention to detail. This role in particular will require a high degree of organization.
• Proficient utilizing essential tools. FFFs have a solid knowledge of MS Office and Google Suite.

Thrives in a diverse, mission-driven workplace. FFFs appreciate how voter suppression targets marginalized communities and communities of color and operate in a way that reflects FFA’s belief in diversity as a strength and respect for all.